Abstract:
A device and method for determining a temperature variable, in particular a temperature variable that characterizes the condition of an exhaust-gas treatment system of a combustion engine, are described. The temperature is specified on the basis of variables that characterize the mass flow in the exhaust-gas treatment system, and/or of a second temperature variable that characterizes the temperature upstream from the exhaust-gas treatment system.
Abstract:
A method is provided that includes, but is not limited to acquiring the crankshaft speed signal while one fuel injector is energized for a determined period of time (ET) in which all the other fuel injectors are de-energized, processing the acquired crankshaft speed signal so as to obtain signals or data (A) representative of the amplitude of a predetermined harmonic component of the crankshaft speed signal, and calculating the power (RMS/MS) of said harmonic component, and assuming the calculated power value (C) as an estimation of the quantity of fuel actually injected by the energized injector in said predetermined period of time (ET).
Abstract:
A method for adjusting a lookup table that includes preset on-time values for an injector of an engine linked to fuel injection quantity values (δ). The following steps are executed in a situation when the output shaft of the engine is disconnected from the output shaft of the gearbox. A torque loss value (Tloss) and a combustion efficiency value (εF) are determined or received. An actual fuel injection quantity value (δactual) is calculated, based on the torque loss value and the combustion efficiency value. An on-time value (tg) linked to the actual fuel injection quantity value is determined from the lookup table and the on-time value is compared with a presently applied on-time value (tb) that is established by an engine control with the aid of a regulator and the lookup table. The lookup table is adjusted based on the result of the comparison.
Abstract:
A method for operating an internal combustion engine has the steps: (a) during an overrun phase of the internal combustion engine, activating an injector of a first combustion chamber for a predetermined activation time τinj with a predetermined activation voltage Ui±1, (b) measuring a torque variation, (c) determining, from the torque variation, a fuel quantity mi=1 of the fuel injected by the injector during the activation time τinj, (d) varying the activation voltage to a value Ui+1 which differs from Ui, (e) repeating steps (a) to (d) with further incrementation of i until i has reached a preset value N or the internal combustion engine is no longer in the overrun phase, and (f) determining an injector characteristic value of the injector of the first combustion chamber from the fuel quantities m1, m2, . . . , mN and the activation voltages U1, U2, . . . , UN.
Abstract:
A process for the evaluation of the true fuel flow rate supplied to a tested vehicle engine, in particular an industrial vehicle, the process including: the determination of a reference fuel flow rate, corresponding to the exact flow rate measured on a reference engine of the same type as the tested engine under various operation conditions as a function of a load the engine is subjected to; the measurement of the deceleration (Δn/Δt) of the tested engine from a first to a second rotation speed which are preset in the absence of fuel supply, corresponding to a load the engine is subjected to; the determination, based on said deceleration, and based on the actual operation conditions of the engine under similar load conditions, of the corresponding reference flow rate.
Abstract:
An exhaust gas recirculation distribution variation sensing device has a torque sensing section that senses instantaneous torque caused with combustion of fuel injected from an injector for each cylinder, an injection quantity sensing section that senses an actual injection quantity of the injected fuel for each cylinder and an exhaust gas recirculation distribution variation calculating section that calculates an exhaust gas recirculation distribution variation as a distribution variation of recirculated exhaust gas to respective cylinders based on a variation in the torque sensing value of the torque sensing section among the cylinders (i.e., a torque variation) and a variation in the injection quantity sensing value of the injection quantity sensing section among the cylinders (i.e., an injection quantity variation).
Abstract:
Method for identifying the thresholds at which pollutant gases are emitted with a view to controlling the operation in “stop and start” mode by stopping an engine just before and while a motor vehicle is stationary, whereby, upon each re-start, the amount of fuel injected is calculated, and the difference between the amount of fuel injected and the normal amount of fuel needed is calculated, the said resulting quantity being considered to represent the amount of fuel that was injected but not burnt; the said amount of fuel injected but not burnt is then compared against a predetermined threshold value, according to the distance covered, and finally, “stop and start” operation is or is not inhibited according to whether the said amount of fuel injected but not burnt is above or below the predetermined threshold value.
Abstract:
A method for operating an injection valve, in particular a fuel injector of an internal combustion engine, in which a trigger voltage is able to be applied to an actuator, designed as piezoelectric element, of the fuel injector in order to induce an injection of fluid, in particular fuel, supplied to the fuel injector via a supply system. A specifiable test voltage is applied to the actuator in a test triggering, and a fluid pressure prevailing in the supply system is detected at least during the test triggering in order to derive information about an operating state of the fuel injector and/or the actuator from the test voltage and the detected fluid pressure.
Abstract:
In a method and a device for controlling an internal combustion engine (1) an optimized power yield of the internal combustion engine is made possible. In this case the internal combustion engine (1) is operated, depending on a criterion, either in a normal mode in which the maximum torque produced of the internal combustion engine (1) is restricted to a normal limit value or is operated in a power mode in which the maximum torque produced is restricted to a power limit value which is greater than the normal limit value. At least one operating variable of the internal combustion engine (1) is detected which is representative of its combustion power and the operation of the internal combustion engine (1) in the power mode is undertaken depending this at least one operating variable.
Abstract:
An engine control system for an internal combustion engine with a fuel injector, comprises a combustion fuel quantity computing means for computing a combustion fuel quantity in a combustion cycle; and a residual fuel quantity computing means for computing a residual fuel quantity in the combustion cycle based on a difference between an injection fuel quantity of the fuel injector and the combustion fuel quantity.